As the jock-with-an-artsy-side in High School Musical (and the sequel, out in August), Efron aces the swoon test.

HIS AWKWARD PAST"I was always the shortest kid in school. A really short, really skinny kid. Finally, I got bigger in my junior year [he's 5'6]. Plus, I had a huge gap in my teeth. I got teased more about my gap than anything else."

GROWING UP IN PUBLIC IS HARD BECAUSE"You go on these Internet blogs and people say the meanest things. I'm a normal person. Just because I'm in the spotlight doesn't mean I'm God's gift to the world. I'm learning and making mistakes just like every other 17-year-old girl out there."

SECRET WEAPON"I feel most beautiful when my skin is really clear. I get facials all the time. Once your skin gets out of control, it's hell pulling it back in."